The Political Potential of Mindful Embodiment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6307790 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anita Chari (Department of Political Science, The University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 226-240 |
| Publication date | 2016-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0739-3148 • E-ISSN: 1469-9931 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1080/07393148.2016.1153192 |
| OpenAlex | W2325218561 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
This article argues that the emerging literature on mindfulness tends to de-emphasize embodiment, both in how it theoretically defines mindfulness, as well as in terms of the practices it tends to study. Alternatively, the article argues that a focus on embodiment is key to articulating the political potential of mindfulness. An emphasis on mindful embodiment, both in theory and in practice, can issue a challenge to the latent mind-body dualism of much of the theoretical discourse on mindfulness and highlights the capacities of relationality, empathy, and attunement, capacities which are the foundation of the political significance of mindfulness. Practices of mindful embodiment provide a counterpoint to the focus upon contemplation in the mindfulness literature and help to refute the concern that mindfulness practice is solipsistic and apolitical.The article concludes by exploring the Occupy Wall Street movement as illustrative of the significance of mindful embodiment to contemporary social movements
Aesthetics · Attunement · Contemplation · Dualism · Empathy · Epistemology · Focus (optics · Mindfulness · Political science · Politics · Psychotherapist · Sociology · Law · Marxism and Critical Theory · Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology · Theatre and Performance Studies
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| Citations per year | 1.38 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Highly cited | No |